Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-22
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs. M. Louise THOMAS, president
of Sorosis, is said to be one of the most
successful bee-keepers in the country,
gathering 10000 pounds of honey in a
year.
DoCToRs ANNA BRooMALL and Clara
Marshall have been appointed assistant
medical examiners by the Penn Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company of Phil
adelphia.
Mrs. CANDACE WHEELER established
the ''New York Society of Decorative
Art" and "The Woman's Exchange"
and with her daughter, Miss Dora
Wheeler, is at the head of "The Asso-
cated Artists" whose embroidery,
tapestries, decorative art work and
textile fabrics are world-famous.
WHO does not observe the immedi-
ate glow and security that is diffused
over the life of woman, before restless
or fretful, by engaging in gardening,
building, OF any lowest department of
artP Here is something that is not
routine, something that draws forth
| life toward the infinite, -MGryaret Fut-
ler- OsSoH.
1HE Presbyterian says: "It seems but
yesterday since it was thought an an
omaly for a lady to go 20 the mission
field except as the wife of Il mission
AIRY. Now there are twenty-four hun
dred of them, besides, probably, an
equal number of married ladies. The
results have dispelled fears and dissi-
pated doubts"
Mrs. MARIA RUIZ BURTON has title
deeds and patent in her possession to
large tracts of land in Mexico which
were granted to her grandfather, the
late Don Jose Manuel Ruiz, by the
King of Spain, IN the year 1904. These
lands are claimed by the international
Company of Mexico. As they are of
great value, there is likely to be q Sc
rious contest for them. s-.-.s.
Miss ELIZABETH j. GARDINER, the
distinguished American artist, who
has resided in Paris many years, has
received at the Salon, this year, the
much coveted and highly honorable
medal. Miss Gardiner is a native OF
Exeter, N. H., graduate of Lasell
Seminary, Auburndale, and the first
American female artist ever honored
in Paris as above mentioned
DIR. MARY F. THOMAS, of Richmond.
is writing q series of articles for the
Saturday Qndianapolis) Herald, on
the History of Woman Suffrage in
Indiana" Mrs. Thomas helped to
form the Indiana Woman Suffrage AS
sociation in 1851, and has continued
ever since an active worker in the
cause. Hence she is well qualified to
write history of the cause in that
State which can be depended on.
MARGARET SIDNEY, the writer of
Sketches of Old Concord" lives in
"Wayside," the home of Nathaniel
Hawthorne, next door to the Alcotts,
mile from Concord bridge, towards
Lexington. What an inspiration!
But she sights the expectation of pa
triotic eloquence, drives about in her
easy phaeton, taking a friend along to
hear the gossip of those who live in
the air of hundred years ago.
Miss RAMSAY, who distanced all
others in the late Cambridge examina-
tions, was twenty last January, and is
the daughter of Sir j. H. Ramsay, of
Banff. She was educated at home un-
{ til thirteen years of age. In October,
1880, she entered at st. Leonard S
school, St Andrews, N. B. In 1884
she obtained a scho olarship at Girton.
having taken the first place in the en-
, trance examination. She had then
been only eighteen months working at
Greek, having commenced the study
, of it in January, 1888, under Miss
, Case, a certificated student of Girton;
her Latin tutor was Miss Clark, also
, of Girton.
THE Women's Educational and In
3 dustrial Union, of Buffalo. has peti-
5 toned Governor Hill to appoint two
! women on the Board of Trustees Of
the State Asylum for the Insane in
l that city. The petition is strength
! ened by the success of women in like
4. positions in other States. In Massa-
chusetts it is made legally obligatory
e that there shall be woman physician
in every lunatic asylum. and trustee:
on State Boards. Their service ha:
5 proved of such value that Governor
Ames says; No one would consider
: for a moment a proposition to dis
) pense with them" The propriety a
: well as the need of women in sucl
positions should plead with Governo
0 bill for their appointment